TY - JOUR

T1 - National identities in times of supra-national challenges: the debates on NATO and neutrality in Austria and Hungary.

AU - Wodak, Ruth

AU - Kovacs, A.

PY - 2004

Y1 - 2004

N2 - After the end of the Cold War vigorous discussions developed about new alternatives in security policy in almost all the countries of the former Warsaw Pact and in neutral and non-aligned states, including Austria and Hungary. The comparison of the debates in Austria and Hungary over the last 50 years, focusing on presidential speeches on the one hand, on opinion polls on the other (among many other data sources), shed light on the identity policy aspect of these discourses. The argumentation strategies used by the supporters and by the opponents of different security policies were analysed, illustrating the fact that in Austria neutrality is still perceived as integral part of national identity, whereas in Hungary, joining NATO is viewed as a possibility of finally ‘belonging’ to the West.

AB - After the end of the Cold War vigorous discussions developed about new alternatives in security policy in almost all the countries of the former Warsaw Pact and in neutral and non-aligned states, including Austria and Hungary. The comparison of the debates in Austria and Hungary over the last 50 years, focusing on presidential speeches on the one hand, on opinion polls on the other (among many other data sources), shed light on the identity policy aspect of these discourses. The argumentation strategies used by the supporters and by the opponents of different security policies were analysed, illustrating the fact that in Austria neutrality is still perceived as integral part of national identity, whereas in Hungary, joining NATO is viewed as a possibility of finally ‘belonging’ to the West.

U2 - 10.1075/jlp.3.2.05wod

DO - 10.1075/jlp.3.2.05wod

M3 - Journal article

VL - 3

SP - 209

EP - 247

JO - Journal of Language and Politics

JF - Journal of Language and Politics

SN - 1569-9862

IS - 2

ER -